Locavore challenge Day# 13 Are you getting in all of the fruits and vegetables you need to build and maintain health on a daily basis?  Most professiona...

Tomatoes are still making a strong show at our local farmers markets, but not for too much longer.  The flavors are still intense, sundrenched sweetness, juicy and hard to eat just one.  The two pints of yellow pear and sungold tomatoes that I bro...

Day # 8 of the LOCAVORE CHALLENGE! and what  a challenging month so far with intense weather conditions, rain, rain and more rain.  For many of us it's an inconvenience, getting around and road closures.  Many local farmers, buisness & ho...

Day #6 of the locavore challenge!  It has been hard to blog everyday as I have been having internet access challenges here because of weather conditions mainly heavy rain, winds which seems to keep knocking out my internet; however for now I am up and ...

  During the whole month of September you have the unique opportunity to take action and join the LOCAVORE challenge.  The...

It's the last week before school starts.  Many of you probobly have already started the back to school routine; earlier mornings, regular bed times , after school activities, homework and packing school lunches.  If you are not packing a scho...

I have never met a  beet I didn't like.  The first thing you notice if you ever picked beets out of a garden is the crisp dark green leaves with ruby red veins.  When you extract the beet root from the soil there is the jewel, a bright red to...

  Late spring and early summer season provides an ongoing variety of local greens; baby kales, vitamin greens,  dandelion greens, asian greens, mustard greens, baby spinach, broccoli rabe...and the list goes on.  We all know t...

Are you longing to simplify your life?  Are you ready to let go of the extraneous details that don't add joy and purpose...

One of my favorite kitchen appliances lately is my Slow Cooker.  I don't have a fancy slow cooker, just one that has a large removeable...